Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-08-05

differences are so strange that one hesitates
to do more than say, $50 it may have
been"
At the time Grady rclin1uished his Broad
way shr up he had in great measure ceased
to maintain active business habits; he had
u partner or agent Langbcin, who was sup
posed to be his Intermediary in most trans
actions. The old diamond dealer now Sc
cludc himself much more than he had pre-
viously done: his venturous nocturnal
ramblcs were given up: and yet there seemed
to be nothing to take their place. He had
never read books and he did not begin at
this late day; he was apparently destitute of
what are called internal resources: the men
who had been his friends and associates
were gone. and he did not concern himself
to acquire any new ones He spent hours
and hours entirely alone, seated in the room
behind the little office in Sixth avenue doing
nothing and perhaps thinking of nothing,
though this | take leave to doubt. His eyes
would wander slowly from one part of the
room to the other: once in while they would
become fixed in gaze of extraordinary
intentness and fixcdness yet there would
be nothing but blank wall on cane
bottomed chair to look Mt. Once i'll awhile;
too, at irregular intervals of a week or
more, Grady would appear to be suffering
from strong though suppressed excitement,
his eyes would become unnaturally bril-
liant and he would continually moisten his
dry lips. No one cared to address the
man at such times or to be in his way if
it were possible to avoid it, for he was
then liable to outbreaks of savage passion
without discoverablc cause These singular
moods, however seldom lasted more than
a day, when he would relapse into the ru-
minating and inert state, sitting and staring
at nothing.
All this time there were lumOrS of some
thing secret going ON behind the scenes, n,
it were, of his life, but the attempts to eX-
plain it were so conflicting as to prove moth
ing except that it was a secret well kept.
Had there been any motive stronger than
curiosity TO prompt an investigation it might
have been revealed, but since it seemed to
concern no one but Grady himself he was
little interfered with The man had no
friends and was shut up in himself He
brooded constantly over one idea and doubt
less lost the balance of his Judgment.
Yet he was very far from h,iug insane.
at length he took final resolution In
pursuance of it he inserted 'parsonal' in
the Herald, and the cNrct day, which was
Friday, he put up the shutters of his shop
| and pasted a bit of paper on the door, on
which were written the words CLOSED till
Monday" Instead OF leaving town, how
ever he remained in doors alone and occu-
pied himself in packing together a quantity
of valuables, in money and jewelry, repre-
sonting the greater part of his remaining
property All his preparations pointed to
an intention to take journey, and so far
negative the tn cory of suicide, which was
afterward suggested regarding 'Iu!V He
had evidently meant to leave New York,
and there was nothing to indicate that he
contemplated returning to town. But he
was going to settle something before he left.
At nine o'clock in the evening he let himself
out of the house and walked slowly in the
direction of the Thirty-third street elevated
station. Soon a tall woman passed him,
crossing abruptly from the outside TO the i'll
side of the sidewalk as she did so. Grady
turned and followed her, until, near the
door of his shop she slackened her pace and
paused.
"After all, Jack, it is absurdly danger
Gus, " the woman said, when they were in
side the house. She had wrapped dark
knit shawl round her head, which she now
threw aside as she faced him. She was as
beautiful as ever Grady saw that; but he
also saw, on imagined that the expression
with which she regarded him lacked II GER
tain quality which he remembered i'll times
gone by.
THAT amt going to make any difference
now, he replied "This hide an seel,
game is goin' to stop. I've packed up.
and I shall leave New York Tomorrow"
TO morrow! Where are You going"
"You'll know that soon enough: for
YOU re COIN with me.
She sat down and looked at him attcu-
lively. He ayosded her eye. But She knew
him well. and understood the humor he was
in. you must tell me about this" she
said at length HAS ANYTHING new hap
peueds'
"NotLing newer than that I'm coin IL
clear out. ana take you with me-" he re
pea-cd.
''N-ou know what ! mean Ever sine,
that day Bvrncs upset our Washington
+ scheme j haven't felt safe moment viii
YOU coming here. and have another rcasol
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